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KMID : 1143420200130332430
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 33 p.2430 ~ p.2444
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Weekly report on the COVID-19 situation in the Republic of Korea (As of August 8, 2020)
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Hwang In-Sob
Kim Young-Hwa
Yeom Han-Sol
Park Kwang-Suk
Kwon Jae-Woo
Kim Mi-Young
Park Young-Joon
Gwack Jin
Park Ok
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Abstract
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This is a weekly report on the COVID-19 situation in the Republic of Korea based on the confirmed cases reported through the Integrated System to Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention according to the INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ACT and based on the epidemiological investigation by central and local health authorities.
As of August 8, 2020, there were 14,610 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and including 305 deaths. Confirmed cases were reported in all 17 provinces/cities in Korea, with the highest number of cases from Daegu, Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gyeongbuk. The results indicated that, by gender, women accounted for a slightly higher proportion (54.4%) of total confirmed cases than men. And, by age the median age was 44 years old (range: 0 to 104 years old).
The main infectious paths confirmed by epidemiological investigations showed several major clusters related to COVID-19. Of the total cases, the proportion of imported cases was 17.5%; 35.7% were Shincheonji (and related); 38.2% are small clusters and contacts of confirmed cases (other than Shincheonji); and 8.6% are currently under investigation as per infection route surveys.
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KEYWORD
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2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), Outbreaks, Epidemiological monitoring
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